Microsoft picked up VideoSurf today with an eye of integrating their service into Xbox Live.

Here is the About information for VideoSurf.

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Using a unique combination of new computer vision and fast computation methods, VideoSurf has taught computers to “see” inside videos to find content in a fast, efficient, and scalable way. Basing its search on visual identification, rather than text only, VideoSurf’s computer vision video search engine provides more relevant results and a better experience to let users find and discover the videos they really want to watch.

With over 50 billion (and rapidly growing!) visual moments indexed from videos found across the web, VideoSurf allows consumers to visually navigate through their results to easily find the specific scenes, people or moments they most want to see. Users can now spend less time searching and more time being entertained!

Here is what Microsoft has to say.

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"VideoSurf's content analytics technology will enhance the search and discovery of entertainment content across our platform," said Alex Garden, director of Xbox LIVE for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. "This holiday we will launch voice search across our entertainment partners on Xbox LIVE. Over time, as we integrate VideoSurf's technology into our system, we are excited about the potential to have content tagged in real time to increase the speed and relevance of the search results." "Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Division is at the leading edge of connected entertainment," said Lior Delgo, CEO and co-founder of VideoSurf. "We are incredibly excited to be working together on our mutual passion for creating amazing consumer experiences and reinventing how consumers search, discover and enjoy content on their televisions."

is that cloud storage just for games or can u put ur gamertag there an use it on any console without having to carry it around with you on usb stick ?

i think the general details of the cloud storage have already been covered in a blog so it may or may not be a no-no to talk about it.

but cloud storage is separate from your gamertag.

your gamertag is in the cloud but is not taking up storage space. recover gamertag will forever be gone AFAIK. just log in. I think that's the extent that people can say since that part has been in the active media.

Talking details (like how big the storage is) is a no-no because those features are still up in the air.

I realize this may not be able to be answered until the dashboard rolls out, and perhaps at that point we'll be flooded with information from various websites, but is everyone's Gamertag going to be automatically moved to the cloud, or does this require one's consent and opt-in in some fashion? How do they effectively secure your Gamertag if you can login to it from any console? I can't imagine that less tech-savvy gamers are going to want to have to go to the Xbox.com website to manage their authorized consoles.

Does the privacy agreement expire today. I noticed Engaget posted their review at 12:01am. If so can you guys in the pilot tell us your impressions. (not that it makes much difference I guess since its mandatory but I am curious).

On Tuesday, December 6th the latest update to the Xbox 360 dashboard will be available to consoles around the world. In addition to new and updated features, if you have Kinect you’ll be able to say it and Xbox will find it with Bing Search.

Today we also announced the following partners and apps are coming soon to Xbox 360:

I realize this may not be able to be answered until the dashboard rolls out, and perhaps at that point we'll be flooded with information from various websites, but is everyone's Gamertag going to be automatically moved to the cloud, or does this require one's consent and opt-in in some fashion? How do they effectively secure your Gamertag if you can login to it from any console? I can't imagine that less tech-savvy gamers are going to want to have to go to the Xbox.com website to manage their authorized consoles.

Your gamertag is already in the cloud right now.
What you're going to get with the new dashboard is the ability for your game saves to be in the cloud also.